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Toddler Meal Suggestions Please

BlondeGirl79BlondeGirl79
in Toddlers: 24 Months+

I would be interested to hear what your toddler eats for meals - especially dinner. I feel like we are in such a rut with DD's dinners.

Thanks!

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Re: Toddler Meal Suggestions Please

  • heatherfaithheatherfaith member
    Im interested in hearing more from others too. ?Ds won't eat veggies so its hard to give him a healthy meal. ?But I created something to sneak him vegetables and he eats it. ?I make pasta (small spiral shaped) and I saute broccoli in a pan( I only cut the heads of the broccoli really small) with margarine, parm cheese, a little olive oil. Then I mix it with the pasta. ?This way Im giving him broccoli and he doesn't even really know.
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  • Melanie2003Melanie2003

    dr. praeger's little fishies (potato crusted fish sticks), baked fries, auntie annie's mac and cheese, salmon croquettes, cubed chicken, english muffin pizza, baked ziti, little hamburger, omelets with spinach and cheese, scrambled eggs and cheese, bagel with cream cheese, meatballs and elbow macaroni

    she really likes to dip her food, and because i don't always want to give her ketchup or bbq sauce, i use a little puddle of tomato sauce or applesauce.

    she loves corn kernels and peas, so these are pretty regular. as well as very well done steamed broccoli and cauliflower.

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  • LovesGreenBayLovesGreenBay
    He eats what we eat.
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  • neverblushedneverblushed member

    We also tried to have our kids eat what we eat, but it's hard.

    Both my kids were tempermental about anything where different foods were mixed together -- like a casserole.  For some reason it never bothered them to eat veggies cooked in egg, like an omelet or quiche.  When my kids were little and really anti-veggie, we ate spinach quiche about once a week.  I would cut theirs into finger-sized cubes.

    Taking the long view, though, I wouldn't be too concerned if your child's diet is pretty much in a rut.  My 8 year old used to be a total pain and only ate a limited list of stuff -- most of which was bread or chicken nuggets.  Around age 5 she started to eat more "normally" and now she eats all kinds of stuff that doesn't seem like "kid" food: caesar salad, sushi, crabs, chili, mexican, stuffed mushrooms, all kinds of soups, you name it.  She'll also eat a pretty wide range of veggies now, including stuff like brussels, asparagus, and spinach, that are typically not kid faves.

    I'd say keep offering it but don't make it a huge issue, and your daughter will eventually widen her tastes.

    High School English teacher and mom of 2 kids:

    DD, born 9/06/00 -- 12th grade
    DS, born 8/25/04 -- 7th grade
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  • jen5-03jen5-03 member

    Pretty much what we eat, a meat, a veg or two, a starch and some fruit for dessert. If we're eating something I don't think she'll like, she gets cheese or tofu or other leftovers. Her dinners are pretty much the same as her lunches, but I probably offer more tofu/cheese as a main course instead of what I eat (I eat leftovers for lunch)

    Some recent meals:

    enchilada casserole, green beans, tomatoes

    shake-n-bake chicken, rice, mixed veg, fruit cup

    butter noodles, chicken, peas, avocado, mango

    lunch today was cheese, olives, green beans, tomatoes, pineapple, watermelon

    - Jena
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